GLO survey abstract · Rains County, Texas
A-38 is a GLO survey abstract in Rains County, Texas - granted to CHRISTIAN, J - ~670 acres. The polygon below is the real survey boundary. Estimated instruments, leases, wells, and ownership stats are scoped to this abstract; the Foundation workbook stitches every record back to patent.
Activity profile
Aggregated from the Texas clerk-of-records instruments table. Counts are real document counts on this abstract, not estimates.
| Oil Gas & Mineral Lease | 121 | 23% |
| Warranty Deed | 103 | 19% |
| Oil & Gas Lease | 88 | 17% |
| Deed Of Trust | 68 | 13% |
| Assign Ogl | 62 | 12% |
| Warranty Deed W/Vendors Lien | 34 | 6% |
| Rel Ln | 29 | 5% |
| Easement | 24 | 5% |
Original grantee
The J Christian survey was located against open land under a Texas headright, bounty, or donation certificate and recorded at the GLO as a finished patent. The GLO indexes it as Montgomery 3rd file 000036. with the patent issued to Arnold, E J. Title work on the J Christian acreage stitches every later instrument back to the GLO patent on file.
Same grantee, other counties: Madison County · A-74
Oil & gas activity
No recent leasing or permitting activity on A-38 in the last five years, though the abstract carries 1 historical drilling permits (last in 1983). 2 wells sit on the polygon, 1 plugged and abandoned, 1 in other status, operated by EVERETT & MORRISON, RICKS EXPL.
Source authority
Texas General Land Office (GLO) holds the patent record for every original survey abstract in Texas, including A-38. The Rains County clerk's abstract index, every CAD parcel reference, and every lease ever recorded on this tract trace back to the GLO patent.
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Surrounding abstracts
Six spatially-nearest GLO abstracts. Useful when you're scoping a contiguous tract or following a chain across survey lines.